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Gilmore, Joseph A. (1811-1867)

Name:
Gilmore, Joseph A. (1811-1867)
Title:
N.H. Senator, 1859
N.H. Governor, 1863-65
Other Names:
Gilmore, Joseph Albree
Born:
06/10/1811
Birthplace:
Weston, VT
Died:
04/07/1867
Death Location:
Concord, NH
Residence:
Boston, MA
Concord, NH
Nationality:
American
Occupation:
Grocery Store owner, Concord, 1842
RR Construction Agent, Concord, 1848
RR Superintendant, 1856
Father:
Gilmore, Asa
Mother:
Gilmore, Lucy Dodge
Relations:
13 siblings.
Grandparents: James Gilmore, Sargeant N.H. Militia.
Business partner: James Parker 2nd. (Boston, 1830s) Parker and Gilmore -- wholesale West India goods and grocery business.
Spouse:
Whipple, Ann Page (c.1810-)
Children:
11 children:
Gilmore, Joseph Henry (1834-1918; b. Boston, MA; d. Rochester, NY; Pastor; assisted father during Civil War; editor of Concord Daily Monitor 1864-5; m. Lucy B.; children)
Gilmore, Ann C. (c.1836-)
Gilmore, Maria T. (c.1840-)
Gilmore, Edward E. (c.1843-)
Gilmore, Frank W. (c.1845-)
Gilmore, Mary A. (c.1847-)
Gilmore, John L. (c.1849-)
Gilmore, Addison (c.1853-)
Notes:
M. Ann Page Whipple, dau. of Achsah Page Tenney and Samuel Whipple.
Religion: Baptist
Politics: anti-slavery Whig; by 1858 had become part of new Republican Party
Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA
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